Perhaps it's like buying a classic or older sports car.

I don't know why people think that REI can possibly be a hands off sport - you are buying freaking toilets and tenants using them - how hands off do you think it can possibly be...?  

Well you know how arson is just another sport in that city.. sure enough  one of his houses got torched it was vacant for 6 months insurance rejected his claim. he lost 60k right there.

But, like with sports.

Some of these you could do now, some you might want to safe for when you have a larger budget, but here are a few ideas that my clients use:Signage: Bus SignageBus Bench / Stop SignageCar MagnetsBumper StickersBillboards / at Local Sporting Events Internet: MLS (Realtor.com)Lead Generator WebsitesFSBO WebsitesPrint MediaDoor HangersFlyers Around Town w/ Pull TabsBusiness CardsValue Pack CouponsCoupon SaverPizza Box AdsAD Placement in:Church BulletinsLocal Real Estate PublicationsLocal Business JournalsTV/Radio Commercials on TV StationsCommercials on Radio StationsCold Calls/Direct Mail Campaigns to Property Owners: In Pre-ForeclosureGetting a DivorceWho Live Out of StateWith Low End Rental PropertiesWith Vacant or Rundown PropertiesWith Building Code ViolationsWith Health Code ViolationsWith Fire Damaged PropertiesWith Delinquent TaxesWith Expired ListingsWith Single Family Rental ListingsIn ProbateEvicting TenantsNetworking with:Bankruptcy AttorneysProbate AttorneysReal Estate AttorneysInsurance AgentsOther Wholesalers Real Estate Investor AssociationsTax Lien OfficialsContractorsProperty Management CompaniesDevelopersREO Department of Local Banks MailmanCity OfficialsMoving CompaniesBuildersMarshallsBail BondsmenAgain, don't try to jump into everything right now but copy & paste this list somewhere.

I play sports most of the day Choice of 45 golf courses-most free for life, 140 pickleball courts, 2000 clubs to be part of, listen to music at 3 different venues each evening and have almost all properties under great management with a personal assistant overseeing them.

It's a master planned community with over 1,000 homes.There is a place called the Pinnacle in the very back.

A flyer has as much sophistication as an invitation to an ice cream social at a church, or a donation to the school sports program for a car wash.The letters I receive inviting me to investment seminars from estate planners and investment brokers are on stationary, not copy paper, much less some garbage colored letter.

I tell people upfront hard this sport is - gurus do the opposite.

We have another house on Paseo Pinzon, Capo Beach (Dana Point), and there are multi million dollar homes on the bluffs which is 1 house away from us and across street (you can see map) There's also a celeb sports person that bought, and has friends looking at our property.